St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-17
THE SMITH RECEPTION.
An Elegant Affair at the Home of
Mrs. II. A. Smith--The Charity

An Elegant Affair at the Home of
Mrs. II. A. Smith--The Charity
Ball.
One of the most elaborate and eniOya-
BILE of the numerous afternoon recep-
tons given this season by the st. Paul
ladies occurred yesterday afternoon,
when the beautiful new home of Mayor
and Mrs Robert A. Smith, 312 Summit
avenue, was thrown open for the first
time. 1t was made even more attract
i've BY the artistic decorations of vines,
plants, cut flowers and banks of roses.
Seibert's orchestra of ten pieces was
placed in the corridor and added no lit
= tie pleasure to the event, while the spa
ciOuS rooms were thrOnged with ladies',
old and young. From to O'Clock, the
reception hours. Summit avenue was
filled with constant stream of car
riageS coming and going, and no less
than 300 ladies responded to the invita-
ton. The guests were received in the
main parlOr, at the left of the hall, by
Mrs. Robert A. Smith, Mrs. Charles W.
Copley, Miss Smith and Miss Wood, of
BROOKLYN: Mrs. ID. A. MonfOrt and
Mrs. Senator Macmillan; and in the
rear parlOr by Mrs. Alex Stone, Mrs.
Harvey Officer, the Misses Barrett, of
Kentucky, and the Misses Dawson.
The ladies received in elaborate cos
tunes. Mrs. r. A. Smith wore black
velvet. diamonds.
Mrs. Copley-Black lace, yellow chrys-
anthemumS, diamonds.
Miss Smith-W MORE and tulle.
Mrs. MonfOrt-Olive green brOcaded
velvet, point lace.
Mrs. McMillan-Black velvet, poi MT
lace, diamonds.
Mrs. Officer-Hunter's green satin
and brOcaded velvet, diamonds.
Mrs. StOne-Red Ottoman silk, dia-
mOndS.
Miss Dawson - White null, pearl
trimming.
Miss Laura DawSOn-YellOw silk and
lace.
Miss Barrett-Bue crepe.
Miss Susie Barrett White silk, blue
tulle.
Miss Wood-Green velvet, pink tulIe.
CHARITY BALL TONIGHT.
The grand ball to be given this even
ing for the benefit of st. Luke'S hos
pital, promises to be the event of the
present season. More than 800 tickets
have been sold, and the ladies have only
commenced their fine work. The ball
will be held at the Ryan, and elegant
Will Ut UN LDCaUOlI lull
orchestra. Tickets for two, including
the supper and the ball, cost So, and
single tickets for any who go alone will
be sold at $3.50. The reception commit
tee will be made up of the following la
lies: Mesdames SQuireS, Bates, Gilfil-
Ian, Dalrymple, Flandrau, Reuben War
ner. Thompson, F. 3. Clarke, j. r. IT.
vine, Cathcart, Cobb, HOXsie, Adams,
Laid, Denslow, Miller, Relf, Ames,
Hall. Browne, Washington, Stevens,
Campbell, Carpenter, Bass, Belote,
Breed, BrunsOn, Hale. W. K. Merriam,
f. Rice and Westphall.
II think it will be grand success"
said Mrs. Judge Flandrau to a GLOBE
reporter last evening. almost every
one seems to be going, and it will be
fine affair. 1t is becoming a customary
thing to give such ball each year, and,
considering the purpose, it ought, in
deed to be we'll patronized."
NOTES.
A few evenings since Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Dufrene, of Bellevue avenue,
entertained number of friends, among
whom were DeverauX Larpenteur, the
artist, and wife. Miss Payen and Count
st. Cyr, recently from Paris, France,
who is visiting here.
Mrs. George Archer has gone East for
a six weeks trip.